Edward Christopher Sheeran, MBE (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project. After signing with Asylum Records, his debut album, + (pronounced "plus"), was released in September 2011. It topped the UK and Australian charts, reached number five in the US, and has since been certified eight-times platinum in the UK.
The album contains the single "The A Team", which earned him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. "The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where he performed the song with Elton John.
GINGER Spice Geri Horner meets the other most famous redhead in showbiz — Ed Sheeran. The singers were snapped hanging out at the US Grand Prix, where Ed, 31, capped a big day by headlining a concert.
Spice Girls singer Geri, 50, was accompanying her husband, Christian, 48, who is Red Bull’s F1 team boss. Other A-listers at the weekend’s event in Austin, Texas, included Hollywood star Tom Cruise, 60, who is making a Formula 1 movie for Apple.
Meanwhile Ed recently revealed he is working on a major new documentary project which will explore all aspects of his life as he continues on his sell out Mathematics Tour.
Ed explained: “We are shooting a documentary at the minute about my life and there was a big conversation about what we include.
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